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Maltese cuisine is the result of a long relationship between the locals and the many foreigners who colonised Malta over the centuries. This marriage of tastes has given Malta a fascinating blend of Mediterranean cooking. The influences are too numerous to list, but many popular Maltese specialities have a Sicilian, a North African and an Eastern Mediterranean origin. Over the centuries, all of these distinct components have been integrated into a uniquely wholesome and flavourful melange.
Traditional Maltese food is rustic and seasonal which was important before refrigeration era. Families were inventive with the best of the seasonal produce. The housewife would stock up with the seasonal gluts, often preserving or drying produce to make use of them later in the year. Amongst the specialities, one can find the Gbejniet (sheep or goat's cheese), Tadam Imqadded (sun-ripened tomatoes), Bigilla (thick pate of broad beans with garlic), Kappar (Capers), Dried and fresh beans, the Kapunata (vegetable based - Maltese version of ratatouille) and many others.
Deserts and pastries are for those with a sweet tooth including the Helwa tat-Tork (sweet sugary mixture and sesame seeds), Qubbajt - Nougat (contains crushed and whole almonds), Biskuttini and Qaghaq (special Maltese biscuits) and Qaghaq tal-Ghasel (ring-cake filled with a special mixture of honey paste).
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CLEMSON, SC – Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins has been named a first-team All-American by Pro Football Weekly. The publication selects an All-America team each year based on NFL potential. It is the second consecutive year he has been named first-team All-American by the publication.
Watkins was joined on the first team by Southern California wide receiver Marqise Lee. Watkins teammate, DeAndre Hopkins, was named an honorable mention selection.
Watkins has 57 receptions for 708 yards and three touchdowns this year. He ranks third in the ACC in receptions per game with 6.3 and is fifth in receiving yards per game with 78.7. He is also fifth in all-purpose yardage with 119.6.
The sophomore from Fort Myers, FL has caught at least one pass in all 22 games he has played at Clemson, including 11 for 110 yards against NC State this year. He also established the Clemson record for receiving yards in a game when he had 202 at Wake Forest earlier this year. Over the last six games of the regular season Watkins had 41 receptions for 590 yards and three scores.
As a freshman in 2011 he had 82 receptions for 1219 yards and 12 touchdowns in 14 games.
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Selecting, transporting and installing trees without a precise plan and within a well-coordinated time frame will create added cost and frustration for everyone involved. The Olive Tree Farm will work closely with you to develop a complete plan and select, deliver and install olive trees best suited for the specifications you and your clients require.
When landscaping is planned and executed utilizing natural topography, selecting trees well adapted to the specific climate and conditions, and choosing varieties best suited to the site and upkeep requirements, buyers will be enticed by the drama and stately form that are the hallmark of olive trees and the benefits of well-planned site design.
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Green scores 31 points as Celtics rout Suns
Celtics 113, Suns 88
Jeff Green gave Boston a sensational performance in his first start in nearly two years.
Green scored a season-high 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting and the short-handed Celtics routed the Phoenix Suns 113-88 on Friday night.
"I didn't have a different mindset," said Green, who missed last season following heart surgery to correct an aortic aneurysm. "It was the same as me coming off the bench. I just tried to make a statement early and that's what I did by attacking the rim and getting to the free throw line."
Green started in place of 36-year-old Kevin Garnett, given a rest with Boston playing its third game in four nights.
"Jeff was phenomenal," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "We started the game running a set we had never run in our lives. We literally drew it up right before the game. They just had the basketball IQ to keep working and they actually showed us options we didn't know we had."
Chris Wilcox had 13 points off the bench, and Avery Bradley and Jason Terry scored 13 each for the Celtics, who moved two games ahead of Milwaukee for seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
"It's just a feel-good win," Rivers said.
Paul Pierce scored only eight on 3-of-5 shooting for his fourth single-digit game of the season. But that mattered little to the Celtics, who were dominant from the opening tip in snapping a two-game skid.
Jordan Crawford, acquired from Washington on Thursday, made his Celtics debut and scored 10 points off the bench as Boston improved to 9-3 without injured guard Rajon Rondo.
"I didn't get to sleep until around 4 and had to get up at 6:30, but it's all good," Crawford said. "They did a good job of welcoming me. They made it normal for me, just telling me to come out and play my game."
Goran Dragic had 18 points and 10 assists, Markieff Morris scored 11 and Marcin Gortat added 10 points and six rebounds for the Suns, who have lost two straight and six of seven.
"We're just playing bad, bad basketball," Gortat said. "We need training camp for a week at least. There was no defense, no rotations. They're just walking by us and taking the ball out of our hands."
Boston wasted no time grabbing control, taking advantage of Phoenix's 0-for-5 start from the floor and a pair of Suns turnovers to open a 13-0 lead less than 4 minutes into the game.
Suns coach Lindsey Hunter waited only 60 seconds before calling his first timeout. In the fourth quarter he had three point guards on the floor.
"Two dead layups? Yeah, I saw (the problems) real early," Hunter said. "A situation like tonight burns at my very being. That is totally unacceptable, coaching-wise and player-wise. That way we performed tonight? That cannot happen. People say you can't coach effort. I disagree because I am responsible and I feel like if I've got to coach effort then that's what I have to do.
"I guarantee you we're going to change or we're going to practice until they kick us out of the gym, because that puts a bad taste in my mouth. ... One of their Hall of Fame players didn't play and they still come in here and smack you around like a punching bag. You're at home and there is no resistance. That is just not who I am and that is not who this team will be. Whatever we have to do, whatever method, it will be done."
Phoenix slowly cut into the lead, but every time the Suns came close the Celtics ran their lead back to double digits.
The Suns' last run came in the first 2 minutes of the second half, a 7-0 streak capped by a 3-pointer from Dragic that cut Boston's 12-point halftime lead to 53-48. But the Celtics pulled away for good, opening a 74-59 lead on Terrence Williams' layup with 3:03 left in the third quarter.
Boston, which swept the season series against Phoenix for the first time since 2008-09, led by as many as 30 in the fourth quarter.
"This is one you just want to put behind you as fast as possible," Suns forward P.J. Tucker said.
NOTES: Boston won for the first time in eight road games against Western Conference teams. ... Suns C Hamed Haddadi, who came to Phoenix from Toronto with a second-round pick for Sebastian Telfair on Thursday, arrived midway through the first quarter but did not dress. ... Markieff and Marcus Morris became the second twin teammates in NBA history. The other set, Dick and Tom Van Arsdale, also played for the Suns and celebrated their 70th birthday on Friday. Marcus, traded from Houston on Thursday for a second-round pick, made his debut with 6:32 to play, joining Markieff on the floor for the first time since March 26, 2011, when they played for Kansas.


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Tufts Pain Research, Education and Policy Alumna Contributing Author to Pain Medicine
July 2, 2014
Lynn Teo, '12 MS-PREP, is a contributing author to a recent special issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Pain Medicine, "Are Active Self-Care Complementary and Integrative Therapies Effective for Management of Chronic Pain?: A Rapid Evidence Assessment of the Literature and Recommendations for the Field".
In 2010, the Army Surgeon General's Pain Management Task Force and the Institute of Medicine recommended active self-care complementary and integrative therapies that require minimal training for the management of chronic pain. This systematic review put out by the Samueli Institute sought to rigorously assess the quality and effectiveness of these self-care strategies. Yoga, tai chi and music therapies yielded the most compelling studies in the treatment of chronic pain, with music therapy showing the best results. The report also sought to identify gaps in the literature, and to make recommendations for further research as well as steps for implementing programs to increase the practice of these complementary and integrative therapies.
Lynn Teo, MAOM, MSc, graduated from the New England School of Acupuncture in 2011 and from the Tufts University School of Medicine's Pain Research, Education and Policy Program in 2012. She is a review manager for the Systematic Review Initiative at the Samueli Institute, a non-profit research organization committed to exploring the science of healing, including complementary modalities such as acupuncture, meditation and yoga. Alongside her work as a researcher, Lynn is owner of Three Rivers Wellness in Bethesda, MD where she teaches yoga and practices Japanese-style acupuncture, Chinese herbs and shiatsu. She enjoys bringing her clinical expertise to her research work and applying the knowledge she acquires as a researcher to her practice.
Office of the Army Surgeon General. Pain Management Task Force Final Report: Providing a standardized DoD and VHA vision and approach to pain management to optimize the care for warriors and their families. Falls Church, VA: 2010
Lee C, Crawford C, Teo L, Spevak S. Active Self-Care Therapies for Pain (PACT) Working Group. An analysis of the various chronic pain conditions captured in a systematic review of active self-care complementary and integrative medicine therapies for the management of chronic pain symptoms. Pain Med 2014;15
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Animals For Sale Biography
Inductees: Eric Burdon (vocals; born May 11, 1941), Chas Chandler (bass; December 18, 1938 - July 17, 1996), Alan Price (keyboards; born April 19, 1942), John Steel (drums; born February 4, 1941), Hilton Valentine (guitar; born May 21, 1943)
The Animals were part of the budding, homegrown U.K. blues scene of the early Sixties and one of the most noteworthy bands of the British Invasion. Formed in Newcastle-on-Tyne, a port city and coal-mining hub in northeast England, the Animals reflected their upbringing with brawling, blues-based rock and roll. The group derived its inspiration - and much of its early repertoire - from American blues and R&B sources, adapting them to their native British working-class sensibility. Eric Burdon was among the best white R&B singers of the Sixties. His gruff, soulful vocals brought out the anguish in such anthems as "It's My Life" and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place." The band's sound was also heavily defined by Alan Price's organ playing, which provided dramatic accents and a blues-jazz atmosphere. The other founding members - guitarist Hilton Valentine, bassist Chas Chandler and drummer John Steel – balanced Burdon's earthiness and Price's melodic finesse.
Originally known as the Alan Price Combo, the group changed its name to the Animals when Burdon joined in 1962. In 1963, they performed a monthlong residency (much like the Beatles did) in Hamburg, Germany. They also served as the U.K. backing band for visiting bluesmen, including John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson. Their career took off with their move to London in January 1964. Less than a year later, on September 5, 1964, "House of the Rising Sun" became the Number One single in America. Their brooding arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" - a traditional folk song recorded by Josh White and Bob Dylan - became an early milestone in the British Invasion. Despite the song's unconventional lyrics (it was about a house of prostitution in New Orleans), "House of the Rising Sun" topped the American and British charts. In fact, it stayed at Number One in the U.S. for three weeks.
The Animals followed "House of the Rising Sun" with seven more Top 40 hits (and six more Top 40 hits as Eric Burdon and the Animals), at least four of which – "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Number 15), "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (Number 13), "It's My Life" (Number 23) and "Don't Bring Me Down" (Number 12) – are bonafide classics of the British Invasion era. The keys to these and other Animals tracks is their passionate intensity and strong sense of identification with working-class travails, which would become hallmarks of such later rock and rollers as Bruce Springsteen and David Johansen – both of whom were professed Animals fans. Basically, the group was steeped in the blues and R&B sounds that filtered over from America. Many of the Animals earliest recordings were solid remakes of favorites by such revered artists as John Lee Hooker ("Boom Boom"), Sam Cooke ("Bring It On Home to Me"), Chuck Berry ("Around and Around"), Ray Charles ("Hallelujah, I Love Her So") and Bo Diddley ("Road Runner"). At the same time, the Animals had great success interpreting the works of American pop songwriters such as Gerry Goffin and Carole King ("Don't Bring Me Down") and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil ("We Gotta Get Out of This Place").
The Animals' original membership released only three albums (The Animals, The Animals On Tour, Animal Tracks) during their 1964-65 heyday. The Best of the Animals was issued in February 1966, as the group was disbanding. This hit-filled collection was one of the stronger LPs of its time, and it reached Number 6 and hung on the charts for over two years. The Animals' disintegration began with Price's departure in mid-1965 due to fear of flying and incompatibility with Burdon. Drummer John Steel was the next to leave (in March 1966), and the others followed suit in September. Burdon continued with new recruits, and the reconfigured band - now billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals - enjoyed several late-Sixties hits in a more psychedelic vein, such as "When I Was Young," "Monterey" and "San Franciscan Nights." Burdon became an innovative album artist. The double album Love Is, released in 1968, was a landmark of Sixties psychedelia, featuring the guitar work of one Andy Somers (later Andy Summers of the Police). The Animals' last Top Forty hit was "Sky Pilot (Part One)."
Burdon entered the Seventies as frontman with War, a black funk group from Long Beach. Eric Burdon and War recorded a hit single ("Spill the Wine") and two albums. War graduated to a successful career without Burdon, who continued as a solo artist. He was recorded intermittently and toured constantly in the decades since; he also has written two books about his experiences as a rock and roller. As for the other original members of the Animals, Alan Price enjoyed a successful solo career in Britain and won acclaim for his 1973 film soundtrack O Lucky Man!. Bassist Chas Chandler discovered an unknown Jimi Hendrix performing in New York's Greenwich Village, and wound up managing the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Slade.
The original Animals reunited in 1977, recording the album Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted, and 1983, which resulted in the albums Ark and Rip It to Shreds – The Animals Greatest Hits Live!. The reunions were as contentious as had been the group's first tour of duty, as a certain degree of tension seemed to be an inevitable part of what the Animals were all about – and why their music had such a powerful edge.


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Been waiting to see these photos.
Loaded with Old School charm and atmosphere.
Spooky and extremely creepy.
Always a treat.
Wow. This is an amazing shot.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Katzper's Haunt 2010
Been waiting to see these photos.
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- Anonymous said...
Holy Tarra says, "I love that thing under the stairs! This makes me want to build some stairs into my haunt just so I can put something under them. Very cool!!!"
- November 19, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- crudedoodle.com said...
Fantastic pics and haunt. I love the atmosphere in these pics. Next year, I'm doing my first haunt. I've been very inspired by all of these pics this year.
- November 19, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Pam Morris said...
wow...and that guy under the stairs is terrific...my mind's goin' a million miles an hour right now, thinking about next year's haunt!
- November 19, 2010 at 7:01 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Really great pics!
I remember "that thing under the stairs" from last year....I think that is the only thing that gives me the creeps!
- November 19, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- The Gill-Man said...
Like everyone else, I'm really diggin' the "Stairs Thing". Truly creepy!
- November 19, 2010 at 8:08 PM
- NoahFentz said...
Thanks everyone for the comments...Sally under the stairs is my favorite too....some of the best ideas are so simple.
Its been a crazy month for me. Did not know if I was going to do a haunt this year. renewed our vows and took a 2 week vacation right after Halloween. The haunt was pretty much a repeat from last year with some minor rearranging...
When I got back I was able to check on Rot's blog and catch up on everyone's haunt. Looks like a great year.
Love your photoshoot Mr. Rot!! Your are always breaking the rules in haunting!!
- November 20, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- The October boy said...
Have to go along with everyone else and praise the stair prop! It's ok if it's a repeat when everything is that cool. truely a great haunt.
- November 21, 2010 at 2:12 PM
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
Always a favorite....the girl under the stairs is absolutely inspired!
- November 22, 2010 at 4:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
I love the pumpkins!!! The wry smile, the x's for eyes - some of them just have such priceless expressions! I love Sally inder the stairs too, but the pumpkins show a real art form! Bravo!!!
- November 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Sara said...
wow--I really love this haunt! esp. the pic with the feet and body under the stairs. Didn't notice the body until I took a second look.
- November 22, 2010 at 10:59 AM


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Ring worms, Rejoice! Third time's a charm
Ringworms have reason to rejoice. As expected, since the trilogy was filmed all at once, director Peter Jackson hasn't blown it in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Although it's the longest of the three, it seems shortest because it's better paced. The effects are superior overall (although Sauron's all-seeing eye is a little cheesy); you'll have a hard time telling what's CG and what isn't.
You won't want to see The Return of the King before you've seen the other two parts because there are a lot of characters, and very little time is devoted to their backstory, except the opening "When Smeagol Met Gollum" segment.
Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin), guided by the treacherous SmeaGollum (Andy Serkis), continue their mission to destroy the coveted Ring in the fires of Mount Hood, while everyone else prepares for the final battle at Minas Tirith, the "city of kings" and capital of Gondor. If good triumphs, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) will assume his rightful throne; if not, Middle-earth is in deep...um...well, trouble.
Again Arwen (Liv Tyler) has a small part and Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) a minuscule one, but Eowyn (Miranda Otto) becomes a major character, riding with the troops and transporting Merry (Dominic Monaghan), another hobbit. The fourth hobbit, Pippin (Billy Boyd), is on a mission of his own. Even Legolas the elf (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli the dwarf (John Rhys-Davies) make peace before the final battle.
Gandalf (Ian McKellen) has a more prominent role than he did in The Two Towers, making grim pronouncements (he's a better wizard than he is a prophet) every few minutes. McKellen makes the silliest gobbledygook profound. Like James Earl Jones, he sounds so authoritative we don't question anything he says.
There's one battle after another, with men, hobbits, elves, and dwarves facing other men, Orcs, Fell Beasts (winged dragons), and Mumakil (giant elephants– check out Legolas' cool dismount from one). In perhaps the most exciting scene, Gollum leads Frodo into a trap with Shelob, the giant spider that should scare up a few nightmares in viewers. It's the most dastardly trick in Smeagol's catalog.
Thousands of skilled craftspeople have worked at their peak to make the trilogy an instant classic that will replace The Wizard of Oz as the all-time favorite fantasy film for many, the movie they watch every year on Christmas Day (all day, in this case, with maybe a break for dinner).
The Return of the King has too many endings and sometimes borders on self-parody with its solemnity and the profusion of plots and characters, but that's all part of its uniqueness.
It's been presumed from the start that the Academy would wait until the trilogy was complete and award the final installment an Oscar for all three, assuming the quality held up. Well, it hasn't held up: it's improved, so bring on the awards!


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Out of all the cars that came out in the last decade or so, we at ColumnM do not celebrate any other more than the fabled Porsche Carrera GT. Its one of our absolute favourite From each decibel that comes out of its exhaust connected to the 5.7-litre V10 engine to the way it is a proper old-school supercar, the Carrera GT is quite a bit more than what its understated looks might suggest.
Everything about the Carrera GT is special. The engine that was initially planned as a 5.5-litre engine and built specifically for the purpose of racing, was increased to 5.7-litres in capacity. This allowed the final production car to put out 605 horsepower that was enough to push the lightweight car from standstill to 100kmph in just 3.6 seconds. It was the first car to introduce the concept of a carbon fibre reinforced plastic chassis (CFRP) that was developed to keep the car light on its toes. The Carrera GT is easily one of the most desired modern supercars no matter how you look at it.
This particularly immaculately kept Porsche Carrera GT comes from the Auction house of RM SOTHEBYS who will be putting it up for sale, starting at a cool $850,000, which in our opinion isnt bad at all for a classic that is guaranteed to increase in value.
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Continental Tire the Americas plans to invest $129 million in its Mt. Vernon, Ill., tire facility and create more than 100 new full-time jobs over the next three years.
The driving forces behind this investment are an increased demand for Continental and General brand tires, the need for better complexity management in the plant and emerging technologies in tire production. The investment is defined in three segments and supports Continental's comprehensive growth strategy for its tire operations worldwide.
Almost $95 million, the largest portion of this investment, is allotted for the expansion of the Commercial Vehicle Tire production area, which will increase production to an annual volume of more than 3 million truck tires when completed. Included in this investment is a new mixer to support the additional tire production and the introduction of equipment for emerging tire technologies, including wide-base truck tires.
The CVT investment supports the addition of more than 80 new full-time positions and is expected to be completed in mid-2015.
Two additional segments will create a total investment of $34 million, encompassing technology and equipment for the mixing building, and a warehouse expansion. These investments bring with them more than 30 new full-time jobs and are expected to be complete during 2014.
Employment at the plant has grown as a result of the most recent Passenger and Light Truck tire expansion, announced on May 12, 2011. That expansion brought nearly 450 new full-time positions to the Mt. Vernon area. To date, Continental has hired approximately 350 people, and the hiring process is ongoing.


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A few links for today.
Bhutan has always held a certain fascination for me. I've been reading bits and pieces on it over the years and have mixed sentiments on whether the pros of seeing it would outweigh the cons of being an external pollutant. This link from the BBC today has some interesting little tidbits of info and a few nice photos.
Another wonderful post from Sara at firesinthehole keeps this blog up there as one of my favourites in terms of pure, rich prose. She's a poet amongst other things but I hope that one day she may write a novel. I would plagiarise horribly and horribly plagiarise her style if it wouldn't come over as awkward if I wrote it.
As you will have seen from some of the photos of the China tour, my mother was painting along the way. She's now put some of her paintings online, I may be biased but I really love these ones and I think that they give a better impression of the atmosphere than many of the photos ever can.
The plotline to this new S.L.Jackson film is cleverly hidden in the cryptic title. I hope to see this on the return journey from Munich to Beijing in August. I presume they spent too much money on scream sound effects to afford a less confusing title.
Lastly some physics, and why not? Professor Tim Hollowood from Swansea University has some notes online entitled 'cut-offs and the continuum limit: A Wilsonian approach to field theory'. I read this as a PhD student and found it one of the most elucidating approaches to renormalisation I've ever come across. Worth a read for anyone who's having trouble getting rid of those pesky infinities. This approach is not about performing loop integrals but about what the Wilsonian approach and renormalisation group really mean.
28 degrees so I'm not going to stand being stuck indoors much longer.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
A few links for today.
4 comments:
- Sara said...
Hi Jonathan. Thank you very much for the compliment. I'm truly flattered. And I just came over to check on things in Beijing. Hope you're having a good day of it.
- 11:17 pm
- Unknown said...
Hi Sara,
All's good here with a lazy holiday week to enjoy the brief days when it's not bitterly cold or roastingly hot.
Always a pleasure to stop by and read your musings. Hope NYC continues to treat you well.
All the best,
- 10:43 am
- Benjamin said...
Nice watercolours. Very Chinese in style, I'd say.
- 8:37 pm
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Hi Ben,
Yes, a Chinese friend of mine who looked at them was amazed that some of them weren't painted specifically in a Chinese stlye. I guess in some ways it goes to show how unique the combinations of colour and shape are out here.
All the best, J
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text: The Pacers who had to do 1 day of comunity service becau:tt02: se they ran into the stands during a Piston game did their service in Lansing just yesterday. They went to a private school here and were not interviewed. The kids were so happy to have them there. It was really nice, they went before the kids and told them what not to do and what to do to stay out of trouble, The kids were thrilled to death (naturally).


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Encouraging adversaries to have more interpersonal contact to find common ground may work on occasion, but not necessarily in the U.S. Senate, according to new research.
Some 9 million American families lost their homes to foreclosure during the late 2000s housing bust, driving many to economic ruin and in search of new residences. Hardest hit were black, Latino, and racially integrated neighborhoods, according to a new Cornell University analysis of the crisis.
Led by demographer Matthew Hall, researchers estimate racial segregation grew between Latinos and whites by nearly 50 percent and between blacks and whites by about 20 percent as whites abandoned and minorities moved into areas most heavily distressed by foreclosures.
A new study reveals that while homicide victimization rates declined for whites, blacks, and Hispanics in the United States from 1990-2010, the drop was much more precipitous for the two minority groups.
Recent research has shown that racial segregation in the U.S. is declining between neighborhoods, but a new study indicates that segregation is manifesting itself in other ways — not disappearing.
When members of the U.S. military leave the service, they tend to settle in neighborhoods with greater overall diversity than their civilian counterparts of the same race, according to a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
A new study of young people finds that, with one exception, whites are more optimistic — sometimes drastically so — than their minority peers about their likelihood of living to 35.
Since the 1980s, leading U.S. firms have announced massive downsizing plans in the name of maximizing shareholder value, but some observers are skeptical about how serious firms are in implementing these plans. Building on political theories of corporate governance, I examine how conflicts of interest and alignment among investors, workers, and top managers affect the implementation of announced downsizing plans.
Conventional research in organizational theory highlights the role of board interlocks in facilitating business collective action. In this article, I propose that business collective action affects the evolutionary path of interlock networks. In particular, large market players' response after a collective action to the classic problem of the "exploitation" of the great by the small provides a mechanism for interlocks to evolve.
Community reactions against organizations can be driven by negative information spread through a diffusion process that is distinct from the diffusion of organizational practices. Bank panics offer a classic example of selective diffusion of negative information. Bank panics involve widespread bank runs, although a low proportion of banks experience a run. We develop theory on how organizational similarity, community similarity, and network proximity create selective diffusion paths for resistance against organizations.
A sizable literature examines whether and why marriage affects men's and women's wages. This study advances current research in two ways. First, whereas most prior studies treat the effect of marriage as time-invariant, I examine how the wage effect of marriage unfolds over the life course. Second, whereas prior work often focuses on the population-average effect of marriage or is limited to some particular gender or racial group, I examine the intersection of gender and race in the effect of marriage.


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As expected, there was very little change in the first release of the USA Today coaches' poll following the opening week of the 2013 season. What change there was, though, was drastic.
Following its three-point loss on the road to Clemson Saturday night, Georgia tumbled down seven spots to No. 12. The Tigers, on the other hand, moved up three to No. 5.
The other marquee matchup of the weekend, LSU against TCU, saw the latter fall from No. 20 to No. 24 after the Horned Frogs' loss, with the Tigers climbing slightly from No. 13 to No. 11 on the strength of the neutral-site win.
Alabama, a near-unanimous preseason No. 1, maintained its stranglehold on the top spot according to the coaches, with 58 of 62 voters placing them atop their ballots. No. 2 Ohio State (three) and No. 7 Texas A&M (one) were the only other teams to receive first-place votes.
Oregon and Stanford each maintained its spots at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while South Carolina (No. 6), Louisville (No. 8) and Florida (No. 9) each moved up a spot. Florida State moved up to No. 10 to round out the Top Ten.
Oregon State (preseason No. 25), thanks to its loss to an FCS team, and Boise State (No. 19), throttled by Washington, both dropped out of the poll. Those teams were replaced by Washington (No. 23) and Miami (T-No. 24).


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YONKERS — The pilot of a small aircraft that crashed into the icy Hudson River over the weekend says all she could think of was how she was going to put the plane down.
Denise De Priester of East Windsor, N.J. was taking in the Manhattan skyline Sunday with a friend, Christopher Smidt, a correctional sergeant from Colonia, N.J. when the engine balked somewhere around the George Washington Bridge.
She tells WABC-TV the plane dropped 400 feet in five seconds. She says she didn't have enough time to recover so she focused on making a safe water landing.
She says she made a mayday call but got no response.
They were in the frigid water about 30 minutes before being rescued. She says she never doubted they'd survive.


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Manufacturing networks need to adapt to internal and external changes to remain competitive. Yet companies tend to shy away from network restructuring for a variety reasons. It is complex and expensive, and there is often internal resistance. Building the right fact-base and understanding key drivers is necessary for success. For many organizations, the cost of being wrong can be significant. But restructuring, at times, is essential, as evidenced by BCG's Global Manufacturing Cost-Competitive Index. This study looked at the top 25 export economies and revealed shifts in relative costs related to manufacturing wages, labor productivity, energy costs, and exchange rates.
These shifts should drive many companies to rethink decades-old assumptions about sourcing strategies and where to build future production capacity. Organizations need to be more vigilant in their pursuit of network decisions and where to produce, taking a holistic view of the cost structure while recognizing current and future demand. In doing so, they can determine how best to gain efficiencies and regain, or maintain, market competitiveness.
Gone are the days where manufacturing regions are neatly sorted as high cost or low cost, and there is reason to expect continuing volatility as relative costs rise and fall. Manufacturers with global operations can adapt by:


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Maryland Indoor Lax
Youth Division Rules, Conduct and Points of Emphasis '06-'07
The Maryland Youth Indoor Lacrosse League played at the Perring Athletic Club and the Owings Mills Sports Complex has always been modeled after the field game. Our indoor game will continue to function as a supplement to the field game and, as such, will be governed by the current MYLA rules of play. So as to accommodate the differences in the field and the game time, some exceptions have been built into the rules of play.
Every effort will be made to accommodate all players who wish to participate; however, since field time is very limited, admission into the league will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
In an effort to achieve the safest possible competitive experience for all players, we will give special attention to the following:
Directed by any adult toward a player on the opposing team will be penalized immediately and a second comment will result in an expulsion. ZERO TOLERENCE!!
Any intentional action by an Offensive or defensive player which results in an opponent or himself
Striking the boards will be penalized. EXCESSIVE BOARDING MAY RESULT IN LEAGUE EXPULSION!!
"Fisting": The accepted defensive technique of a player using his hands while close together on his own crosse to push his opponent with the ball from the front or side is legal. 4 points of legality will be closely monitored:
Delay: Field time is precious! The officials will continue to work hard to maximize the playing time available to the players. Any action unintentional or otherwise – by a player or a team that delays the restart of the game beyond an acceptable point will be penalized. second delay maximum on all restarts – 1 warning to each team!
EACH COACH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF HIS PLAYERS BEINGPROPERLY EQUIPPED! The mandatory protective equipment includes: HELMET, MOUTH PIECE, SHOULDER PADS (NO FOOTBALL PADS), ARM PADS, & GLOVES. The GOALIE MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCEPT SHOULDER PADS – PLUS THROAT AND CHEST PROTECTORS! Leg protection is allowed for the goalie but can be no wider than his leg.
Crosses - Legal length
7/8 year olds 36"- 48"
9/10 year olds 36"- 48"
11/12 year olds 40"- 48"
13/14 year olds 40"- 48"
Legality checks
per coach's request
by officials at halftime
at official's discretion
Penalty Any illegality (7/8 year olds excepted) will be assessed a 1 minute NR penalty. Only deep pocket violations can be corrected and return to the game.
Conduct: Conduct by all participating individuals – players, coaches, spectators, and
officials – is expected to be positive, non-abusive, and a good influence
on all other participants -–especially the players. Coach's responsibility extends to his staff, players, and spectators. Conduct will be governed by MYLA guidelines and extreme instances will bedealt with by expulsion (immediate expulsion from the game area under penalty of forfeiture of game) and a report to the League.
All spectators are to stay out of the team bench areas.
Coaches will not be permitted to "call" the game from the sidelines.
Game Time:
Two 25 minute halves of play for 11/12 and 13/14 year olds.
Four 10 minute quarters of play for 7/8 and 9/10 year olds.
Game time will be 60 minutes. If a game commences after the hour, the officials will exert all efforts to allow the team a full 50 minutes of playing time by reducing halftime break. Possible exceptions would be the last game of the evening, injuries, or a game delayed by a team not having enough players.
Field time has precedence over game time. All games should start and stop on the designated time for that field. Teams must be ready to play immediately at the designated starting time and at the conclusion of any time stoppage. A single warning will be given and subsequent delays will be assessed a delay of game penalty. Game time runs continuously from the opening face off until the end of the quarter/half. With 2 minutes left in the game, the game clock will be start/stop if the score is or becomes 2 or less points apart.
Halftime 5 minutes or shorter
5 minute on-field warm-ups prior to the start of the game.
No overtime play – tie games at the end of regulation remain a tie.
All substitutions are 'on the fly' – SHORT DELAY FOR SUBS ON PENALTY!!
Penalty Time:
Penalty time runs only when the ball is in play – not after goals,
during timeouts, etc. A player serving a penalty serves his time in the designated penalty box. 7/8 year olds simply leave the field for 30 seconds and may be substituted for immediately. Release is only by expiration of penalty time or a goal by the offended team. NR penalties are released by the expiration of time only. Any player accumulating 5 minutes of personal fouls may not continue in The game. A player may also be ejected from the game at theofficials' discretion.
Unintentional Boarding is a releaseable 1-3 minute penalty. Intentional or Violent Boarding is a non-releaseable 1-3 minute penalty. Additionally, the player who committed the infraction must remain in the penalty box for a total of 5 minutes. Therefore, the player's team is a man short for the full penalty time but the offending player remains out of the game for a full 5 minutes of playing time. Boarding is not just a defensive infraction! An offensive player that intentionally drives a defensive player into the boards or throws himself into the boards as a means of drawing a penalty on the defensive player is guilty of boarding.
A stalling warning may be given to a team anytime during the game that the officials believe the team to be intentionally withholding the ball from the play of the game. Additionally, an automatic stalling warning will be given to the team (7/8 year olds excepted) that is ahead in the last 2 minutes of the game. A team having received a stalling warning must get the ball – unless defensive pressure prohibits their doing so – inside of the restraining line (red line) immediately and keep the ball inside of the zone. If the ball comes outside of the zone – except as the result of a defensive deflection or a shot – the ball will be awarded to the defensive team. After a goal, each team must be ready to faceoff within 20 seconds from the time that the official retrieves the ball from the goal. Failure to comply is a delay of game infraction.
Unnecessary Roughness:
The safety of the players is the officials' foremost objective. Keeping safety in mind and emphasizing tht the focus of this league is to develop lacrosse skills, any player's action that unduly endangers another player will be penalized or ejected from the league. As is true in the outdoor game, any intentional action that in the opinion of the officials is excessively violent will be penalized. This aspect of the indoor game will be called tighter than it is outdoors.
Other Rules:
A free clear is granted after a goal to the team that is 4 or more goals behind.
The goalie doesn't serve his own penalty time unless it is Unsportsmanlike.
Conduct or a violent personal foul. The official will designate a player to serve.
Any time serving penalty assessed against the bench will be served by an on-field player designated by the official.
Wes Bachur, Supervisor of Officials
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Africa, animal cruelty, Animal welfare, Animals, Asia, breeding, Canned hunt, Conservation, Elite, Europe, greed, hunting, immoral, lions, North America, South Africa, trophies, trophy-hunting, wealthy, wildlife
A lion bred on a farm in South Africa for commercial use. Photograph: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images
Canned hunting is a fast-growing business in South Africa, where thousands of lions are being bred on farms to be shot by wealthy foreign trophy-hunters.
They are adorably cute, with grubby brown fur so soft it seems to slip through my fingers like flour. It is only when one of the nine-week-old cubs playfully grabs my arm with its teeth and squeezes with an agonising grip that I remember – this is a lion, a wild animal. These four cubs are not wild, however. They are kept in a small pen behind the Lion's Den, a pub on a ranch in desolate countryside 75 miles south of Johannesburg. Tourists stop to pet them but most visitors do not venture over the hill, where the ranch has pens holding nearly 50 juvenile and fully-grown lions, and two tigers.
Moreson ranch is one of more than 160 such farms legally breeding big cats in South Africa. There are now more lions held in captivity (upwards of 5,000) in the country than live wild (about 2,000). While the owners of this ranch insist they do not hunt and kill their lions, animal welfare groups say most breeders sell their stock to be shot dead by wealthy trophy-hunters from Europe and North America, or for traditional medicine in Asia. The easy slaughter of animals in fenced areas is called "canned hunting", perhaps because it's rather like shooting fish in a barrel. A fully-grown, captive-bred lion is taken from its pen to an enclosed area where it wanders listlessly for some hours before being shot dead by a man with a shotgun, hand-gun or even a crossbow, standing safely on the back of a truck. forHe pays anything from £5,000 to £25,000, and it is all completely legal.
Like other tourists and daytrippers from Jo'burg, I pay a more modest £3.50 to hug the lions at Moreson, a game ranch which on its website invites tourists to come and enjoy the canned hunting of everything from pretty blesbok and springbok – South Africa's national symbol – to lions and crocodiles. After a cuddle with the cubs, I go on a "game drive" through the 2,000 hectare estate. Herds of blue wildebeest, red hartebeest and eland run from the truck, then stop and watch us, warily: according to the guides, the animals seem to know when visitors are not carrying guns. At the far end of the property is an abandoned farm, surrounded by pens of lethargic-looking big cats. One pair mate in front of us. Two healthy looking tigers tear at chicken carcasses rapidly rotting in the African sun.
The animals look well cared for. But Cathleen Benade, a ranch assistant who is studying wildlife photography and is devoted to the cubs, reveals that they were taken away from their mothers just an hour after birth and bottle-fed by humans for the first eight weeks of their life. After dark, as the lions roar in the cages below the pub veranda, Maryke Van Der Merwe, the manager of Lion's Den and daughter of the ranch owner, explains that if the cubs weren't separated from their mother – by blowing a horn to scare the adult lion away – the young lions would starve to death, because their mother had no milk. She says the mother is not distressed: "She's looking for the cubs for a few hours but it's not like she's sad. After a day or two I don't think she remembered that she had cubs."
Animal welfare experts disagree, however. They say breeders remove the cubs from their mother so that the lioness will quickly become fertile again, as they squeeze as many cubs from their adults as possible – five litters every two years. For an animal that is usually weaned at six months, missing out on the crucial colostrum, or first milk, can cause ill-health. "These breeders tell you they removed the cubs because the mother had no milk; I've never seen that in the wild," says Pieter Kat, an evolutionary biologist who has worked with wild lions in Kenya and Botswana. "Lions and tigers in captivity may kill their young because they are under a lot of stress. But the main reason breeders separate the young from their mother is because they don't want them to be dependant on their mother. Separation brings the female back into a reproductive position much faster than if the cubs were around. It's a conveyor-belt production of animals."
South Africa has a strong hunting tradition but few people express much enthusiasm for its debased canned form. It is still legal to bring a lion carcass back to Britain (or anywhere in Europe or North America) as a trophy, and much of the demand comes from overseas. Trophy-hunters are attracted by the guarantee of success, and the price: a wild lion shot on a safari in Tanzania may cost £50,000, compared with a £5,000 captive-bred specimen in South Africa. Five years ago, the South African government effectively banned canned hunting by requiring an animal to roam free for two years before it could be hunted, severely restricting breeders and hunters' profitability. But lion breeders challenged the policy in South Africa's courts and a high court judge eventually ruled that such restrictions were "not rational". The number of trophy hunted animals has since soared. In the five years to 2006, 1,830 lion trophies were exported from South Africa; in the five years to 2011, 4,062 were exported, a 122% increase, and the vast majority captive-bred animals.
Demand from the Far East is also driving profits for lions breeders. In 2001, two lions were exported as "trophies" to China, Laos and Vietnam; in 2011, 70 lion trophies were exported to those nations. While the trade in tiger parts is now illegal, demand for lion parts for traditional Asian medicine is soaring. In 2009, five lion skeletons were exported from South Africa to Laos; in 2011, it was 496. The legal export of lion bones and whole carcasses has also soared. "It's definitely a rapidly growing source of revenue for these canned breeding facilities," says Will Travers of the charity Born Free. "The increase and volume are terrifying."
Breeders argue it is better that hunters shoot a captive-bred lion than further endanger the wild populations, but conservationists and animal welfare groups dispute this. Wild populations of lions have declined by 80% in 20 years, so the rise of lion farms and canned hunting has not protected wild lions. In fact, according to Fiona Miles, director of Lionsrock, a big cat sanctuary in South Africa run by the charity Four Paws, it is fuelling it. The lion farms' creation of a market for canned lion hunts puts a clear price-tag on the head of every wild lion, she says; they create a financial incentive for local people, who collude with poachers or turn a blind eye to illegal lion kills. Trophy-hunters who begin with a captive-bred lion may then graduate to the real, wild thing.
"It's factory-farming of lions, and it's shocking," says Miles. She began working to protect lions after watching a seminal documentary about canned hunting. "The lion all around the world is known as the iconic king of the jungle – that's how it's portrayed in advertising and written into story books – and yet people have reduced it to a commodity, something that can be traded and used."
An alternative use for the captive-bred lions might be tourism. We go for a "lion walk" with Martin Quinn, a conservation educator and lion whisperer. This involves strolling through the veld with three adolescent white lions, which have been bred on Moreson ranch and trained by Quinn and his assistant, Thompson. These striking white lions (which tend to be very inbred, say animal welfare groups) bound around us, rush on, and then lie in the grass, ready for an ambush. Armed only with sticks, Quinn and Thompson control them, while warning us that they are still wild animals. It is an unnerving experience, but Quinn hopes this venture will persuade Moreson ranch that a live lion is worth more than a dead one.
Read more here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/03/canned-hunting-lions-bred-slaughter


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Under the Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST), the Spacecraft Engineering Department (SED) serves as the focal point for the Navy's in-house spacecraft bus capability. Research and development activities range from concept and feasibility studies through initial on orbit space systems operation. Design, assembly, and test activities are performed in conjunction with NCST's Space Systems Development Department (SSDD). The SED provides analysis, design, and hardware expertise in structures and mechanisms, attitude determination and control systems, propulsion and reaction control systems, thermal control systems, satellite integration and test, launch vehicle integration, and satellite-to-boost-stage integration.
The SED functions as the Program Manager for Navy Space Programs. In this role, systems engineering and technical directions are provided while maintaining an active in-house satellite development capability. The SED performs as a prototype laboratory in this role and ensures that designs are transferable to industry for follow-on satellite builds. The facilities include: Spacecraft Vibration Test Facility, Modal Survey Test Facility, Robotics Engineering and Controls Laboratory, and Radio Frequency Anechoic Chamber.
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Creativity & Denmark
What does creativity mean to the people of Denmark?
Creativity keynote speaker and writer Fredrik Haren will try to answer the above question and more in his upcoming book "The World of Creativity."
For the research on the World of Creativity Denmark part of the book, Haren wants to get in touch with as many creative individuals from Denmark as possible. He wants to know what makes them different from creative people from other parts of the world. What is the world of creativity Denmark like? He wants to be able to create a profile for the people of Denmark that would reflect their unique views and opinions on creativity.
Five people who have done the most to help us get in contact with the most amazingly creative people for the research of this book will be rewarded with $1,000. Is that person you?! Perhaps you are even the person Fredrik should interview?
Help us out and send the email, website, or Linkedin-profile of the person we should interview. Best of course if you can introduce Fredrik personally.


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Rustic Beauty | Expert Precision | Superior Quality
Blade is ATS 34 – Rc 60 – Hand polished with rope file work on spine
Liners and bolsters: 416 Stainless steel
Scales: Sambar stag
Smooth action and a pleasure to use!
One of four... This is one of my best sellers.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Safari Design Pocket Knife
Rustic Beauty | Expert Precision | Superior Quality
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Green Canvas G10 Shadow Slip Joint Knife
Tastefully complimented with Bow Tie Shield inlay
- 2-7/8"
- ATS 34 Hollow Ground
- Hand Polished
- Hardened to 60 RC
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Shadow Trapper Pocket - scales like polished burlap
This is a tan shadow-trapper style with clip point blade.
Scales are tan G10 and have a nice texture look, almost like polished burlap.
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The bade is ATS 34 hardened to 60 RC enhanced with Roman Knot file work on the spine of the blade and the spring.
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It's hand-polished and hollow ground.
Closed: 3 ¾"
Blade length: 3"
This is a nice "walk and talk" the ultimate light weight pocket knife.
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Let me know what you think!
Regards - Ian
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A lovely ivory pocket knife just for you ...
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Roman Knot file work on spine and blade
File work on inside of liners
Blade and spring ATS 34. Hardened to 60 Rc
Bolsters and liners 416 stainless steel
Blade: 2 5/8"
Close: 3 5/8"
A great collector's piece!
This is a classic example of a Back Pocket knife.
It features premium antique Ivory scales. The attention to detail and fit and finish are so fine that you can not feel where the steel and the Ivory meet and where I have set the shield in the ivory and attached the bolsters to the handle.
This one is sold but I can make one for you. Do not let the opportunity pass to add a knife like this to your collection.
Contact me to place an order.
Kind Regards
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The Zulu is a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern Bantu and have close ethnic, linguistic, and cultural ties with the Swazi and Xhosa. The Zulu are the single largest ethnic group in South Africa and numbered about nine million in the late 20th century.
This knife is a very nice "walk and talk" and made out of (pre-ban) Ivory - which is the perfect and very symbolic material for a Zulu knife.
I've added Roman knot file work on blade and spine
and file work on liners.
The knife is 3 ½ " closed, the blade 2 5/8"
A collectors piece it belongs to a client of mine.
Enjoy! -Ian
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
A knife that's out of this world!
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Although most of the time the materials I use in my knives consist of things that come from mother Earth - in this instance I decided to create a liner locker from an exotic space-age material that is quite literally out of this world.
The scales are made from a special composite carbon material (manufactured by Boeing) used to conduct lightning and static electricity safely around a space shuttle orbiter.
I was lucky enough to be able to purchase one tile of the last 5 that are in existence.
This makes this Safari Line-locker extraordinarily collectable.
Blade: ATS 34 – hardened to 60 Rc – Hollow ground – Mirror polished – African hut file work
Bolster: 416 Stainless steel – mirror polished.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
A beautiful custom classic pocket knife that a joy to carry with you.
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This pocket embodies not only a compact design that fits in any pocket but it's beauty as well.
It's a Small R-Design liner locker.
Blade is made of ATS 34 – Hardened to 60 Rc – Hollow ground – polished to a mirrored surface.
The scales are colored cow bone, the bolsters: 416 Stainless steel
To make this knife distinctive I added "Roman Knot" file work.
This Liner Locker is not only a beautiful classic to show off to your buddies but it's a pleasure to carry (not at all heavy) and thusly pocket friendly! Let me make one for you.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Drop Point Hunter - elegantly engraved
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In it's simplest and most primitive form a knife is just a sharp piece of metal and handle that helps you hold it - but like most things man has invented, artists and craftsmen have taken the basic deign and elevated it to be a piece of art.
With all my knives, that has been my goal.
Here's an engraved Drop Point Hunter.
The blade: 3 ½" Hollow Ground and Mirror Polished
Handle: 3 ½" Desert Iron Wood
The guard and pins were elegantly engraved by Dwane Dushane
Enjoy! - Ian
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Damascus Liner Locker - modern knife - ancient art
Originally Damascus steel was made from wootzsteel, a steel developed in India around 300 BC.
These swords are characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water. Such blades were reputed to be tough, resistant to shattering and capable of being honed to a sharp, resilient edge.
Blade: 2 7/8"
Closed: 3 ¾"
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Cocobolo Hunters - nothing like sharp steel and nice wood grain.
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Here are two Cocobolo Hunters you might like. They were part of an order of four.
Cocobolo is a tropical hardwood of the tree Dalbergia retusa from Central America.
Only the heartwood is used: this is typically orange or reddish-brown in color, often with a figuring of darker irregular traces weaving through the wood. The sapwood (not often used) is a creamy yellow, with a sharp boundary with the heartwood.
The heartwood is known to change color after being cut, lending to its great appeal.
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Blade length is 3 5/8"
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Slip-Joint Trapper - perfect for whittling - or for your collection.
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Texas Hog Hunter - a great knife for hunting wild ham on the lam ...
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They tear up recreational areas, occasionally even terrorizing tourists in state and national parks, and squeeze out other wildlife.
Texas allows hunters to kill wild hogs year-round without limits since they are destructive and dangerous.
Wild hogs average 150 to 200 pounds as adults, although a few reach more than 400 pounds. Large wild boars are smart and very dangerous even after being shot, their tusks able to kill a man if they aren't careful.
Wild hog hunting has become a huge sport in Texas and the meat is delicious when processed correctly.
It may not always be duck, deer or dove season, but it's always hog season.
That's why I created the "Hog Hunter" a beautiful but necessary tool for the serious Texas hog hunter.
The blade is 7 inches long, and the handle is made of Bois de Arc (Osage Orange) wood that came from my client's ranch in Sherman, Texas.
It comes with a custom leather sheath bearing a wild Texas Hog.
Happy New Year and happy hog hunting!
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Creating the Ceremony Scene: Southwest meets Contemporary
Dreaming up unique ceremony altar spaces is one of my favorite things to do. When Carrie and John asked me to design something crafty, yet modern, I was totally on board! Their save the date had a palette of burnt oranges and turquoise with a Southwestern geometric motif. I wanted their backdrop to mirror this with dramatic scale and a contemporary design. I also wanted to bring in native succulents and dried Cholla cactus.
It began with a sketch and then I needed to brainstorm what it would actually be made of. I wanted to use lightweight materials like paper for an airy and delicate garland. I cut different sized triangle and diamond shapes in varying shades of orange, and to bring a little depth and a contrasting pop of color, I made geometric boxes out of turquoise and aqua paper. I cut out feather shapes from a scrap piece of leather and painted one side of them with metallic paint in gold and copper.
I went out into the New Mexico hills and foraged fallen Cholla cactus. Luckily, once it has dried, the skin and very sharp spines fall off, making it a wonderful, natural material for a Southwestern installation! The groom's mom had a perfectly complementary rug to place under the altar and I just love how it tied everything together!
The ceremony took place at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe. I am in love with the way the garland's geometric shadow played on their beautiful white gallery walls! After the ceremony it became the backdrop for the photo booth; I love when installation pieces serve double duty during a wedding.
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BALTIMORE - OCTOBER 05: Professor Carol Greider decribes her surprise to friends before a news conference after it was announced that she won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at Johns Hopkins University October 5, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. Greider, 48, was recognized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for her 1984 discovery of telomerase, an enzyme that maintains the length and intergrity of chromosome ends and is critical for the health and survivial of all living cells and organisms. Greider, the Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the Johns Hopkins Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, shares the prize with Professor Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California and Jacks Szostack of Harvard Medical School. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


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A stunning goal from npower League One's top scorer Paddy Madden helped Yeovil to an historic 2-1 play-off final victory over Brentford which secured npower Championship football next season.
The Glovers, who had never even played in the Football League until 2003, got off to the perfect start when Madden curled home the opener with the outside of his foot after just five minutes, a lead that was doubled when Dan Burn's header bounced through a crowd of bodies just before the interval.
Brentford enjoyed the lion's share of possession throughout and set up a nervy second half when Harlee Dean nodded home from eight yards out. But their hopes of ending their play-off hoodoo, which now stretches to seven unsuccessful attempts, were ended thanks to an inspired display from Yeovil goalkeeper Marek Stech.
Gary Johnson, who experienced Wembley heartache with Bristol City in 2008, spent the opening exchanges worrying about captain Jamie McAllister who required treatment following a bloody clash with Clayton Donaldson.
But his concern was soon replaced with unbridled joy as his side took the lead in stunning fashion thanks to Madden's 24th of the campaign. League One's Golden Boot winner had failed to score since April 6 but he took just five minutes to end that six-game drought, curling an exquisite right-footed shot into the top corner with the outside of his boot from the edge of the box.
The shell-shocked Bees looked to respond to their early setback with Tom Adeyemi failing to get enough power on his header.
Having soaked up a spell of Brentford pressure Yeovil showed the Bees how to be clinical in front of goal. Ed Upson sent a hanging corner to the back post and Fulham loanee Burn's downward header found a way between Simon Moore, Tony Craig and Glovers striker James Hayter before landing over the line. Bees right-back Shaleum Logan hacked the ball clear but the goal was quite rightly awarded, leaving Yeovil 45 minutes away from making history.
The Glovers did endure a scare in added time when Jake Bidwell's cross was met by Marcello Trotta but Stech plucked his header out of the top corner.
With Brentford manager Uwe Rosler's half-time team talk ringing in their ears Dean and Toumani Diagouraga were both off-target within a minute of the restart, and their positive start to the second half was rewarded in the 51st minute when Dean met Adam Forshaw's corner with a close-range header to halve the deficit.
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I miss Citi Field, and Mets games.
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Behind me is the only exit in the ballpark that resembles the Shea ramps, and doubles as the smoking section. You can also see the Manhattan skyline from there.


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Obano the only first choice player for Bath, everyone else 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice...
Francis is actually a pretty tenacious defender so don't see a problem there.
The constant non selection of mallinder makes me wonder if theres a deeper issue! Picked by eddie jones but not us
I do agree that it's a shame Lewis isn't getting more of a chance, particularly as he had such a strong start to the season, however we don't know how his illness has impacted on him. He may not be featuring on the injured list but is he yet recovered enough for first class rugby but then we must of course respect his privacy.
Tom Collins is a mystery to me as to why he doesn't feature. We were stuffed for pace last week by Yarde and Solomona, hey arguably our quickest available and wanting to play wing doesn't get a look in.
I've been an admirer of Tom Stephenson since he first started to appear in the Wandies at probably about 17, however for me he just doesn't cut it by virtue of the fact that he doesn't often pass and seems to try and beat everyone every time so it doesn't matter if we have Usain Bolt or Garry Pearce on the wing the result is always the same. The ball doesn't get that far. And with respect to Tom he isn't Alan Bateman.
The constant non selection of mallinder makes me wonder if theres a deeper issue! Picked by eddie jones but not us
Constant? He was ill last week, no explanation this week but dont see a trend of him not being selected
That side, assuming Mikey is unable to play, is the strongest side we have available in the eyes of the coaches. Exactly as expected. Wrong on so many levels. Persistent failure is rewarded. First choice players are not rested. Development/squad players are discouraged just when they would be raring to go.
What must the likes of Paul Hill, Lewis Ludlam, Tom Collins and Mitch Eadie be thinking? Or the younger prospects who have seen their counterparts in other clubs getting game time? Why remain at Saints if you want to play rugby and be developed? Will we play Lawes and Hartley in the A league latter stages so we can claim some silverware?
I do still hope we win the match and I do accept the obvious point that we are trying to salvage something from our season, but just can't suppress a feeling of embarrassment when I look at the Bath team. I'm going to the Rec, so will put up with none of my own arguments from the locals!
All that said, I agree with SaintMaul, the Bath bench is very strong. I expect James Wilson will have a point to prove and Hurrell is a strong runner. Their front row, bench and starting, could pose us problems and I'm not confident about Reece Marshall in the set piece. The Bath youngsters in their pack, Ellis, Bayliss and Douglas are eye-catching players and may combine well with the experience of Phillips and Ewels. Our Myler/Francis pairing is overdue and may be crucial, but I wonder whether our experience and class in the back row battle will be the deciding difference. Could be close.
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Completely agree with above ref younger players getting a shot in a meaningful game.
Unfortunately sums up the desperation of the coaches and state of the season to make safe selectIons. I fear it might work the other way, fresh, motivated lads with a point to prove would have been nice to see.
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Back in April, HTC Philippines visited Cebu and launched two of its "One"-branded smartphones, the HTC One X and HTC One V. But for us geeks who are very much aware of the latest phones from this Taiwan-based phone maker, we knew there was something missing: the HTC One S!
The HTC One S sits between the HTC One X (high-end) and HTC One V (entry-level) as far as hardware specs and price points are concerned. And those of you guys who spent time waiting for this handset to hit local shelves, good news for you as the wait seemed not to go on forever! Yes, HTC Philippines already launched the HTC One S earlier today here in Cebu, together with the new phones in the "Desire" family (more on this later).
The HTC One S
Though also carrying the latest "commercial" version of Android OS (Ice Cream Sandwich), the HTC One S falls short on some hardware specs when compared to the company's new flagship phone, the HTC One X. Notably, this includes the display (Super AMOLED vs. Super IPS LCD2), the non-expandable internal storage (16GB vs. 32GB), lack of NFC support , the front camera (VGA only vs. 1.3MP cam on One X), and most importantly – the chipset (Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon vs. Nvidia Tegra 3). But in spite of that, the rest of the specs of HTC One S are fair enough for a mid-range user.
HTC One S Specs
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI
4.3-inch Super AMOLED (256 ppi) display
1.5GHz Dual-core processor (Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon chipset)
16GB Internal Storage
8MP rear-facing AF camera w/ LED Flash, 1080p video recording @ 30fps
VGA front-facing camera
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
microUSB 2.0
3.5mm audio jack, with Beats Audio
1650 mAh Li-Po battery
130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
Price: Php 26,990
The New HTC Desire Phones
As I've said earlier, HTC Philippines also launched two new smartphones in Cebu today carrying the "Desire" brand. The existing Desire line of HTC handsets aren't all "droids" though (there are also Windows Phones), but what HTC brought in here today are all powered by Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). I'm talking about the HTC Desire V and HTC Desire C, and if my memory serves me right – these phones are the successor to last year's HTC Desire S.
HTC Desire C
If you're looking for an entry-level Android phone yet carrying the latest ICS flavor of the OS, then this could be it. I mean, the HTC Desire C, crafted by a very reliable brand in the industry is something you could look into for a price point of Php 10K. The Desire C's specs under its hood are pretty basic (that's why it's on entry-level category), but it does features among the latest from HTC such as the all-new Sense UI 4.0 and Beats Audio for rich and high-quality sound experience.
HTC Desire C Specs
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI
3.5-inch Super AMOLED (165 ppi) display
600 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
4GB Internal Storage, microSD up to 32GB
5MP rear-facing camera
3G (HSDPA, 7.2Mbps; HSUPA)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
microUSB 2.0
3.5mm audio jack, with Beats Audio
1230 mAh Li-Ion battery
107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
Price: Php 10,990
HTC Desire V
This phone is HTC's bet for those who love dual-SIM handsets. Interestingly enough, the HTC Desire V isn't just your typical feature phone capable of holding 2 SIM cards inside. Heck I don't even think HTC will release a feature phone just to cater dual-SIM users. Not now! HTC certainly knew dual-SIM feature can be offered without compromising the smartphone experience. And yes, the HTC Desire V says it all.
The HTC Desire V excels in few departments compared to HTC Desire C – specifically the display, the processor, camera, and battery. The rest of the specs are mostly identical as detailed below.
HTC Desire V Specs
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI
4-inch Super AMOLED (223 ppi) display
1GHz Cortex A5 processor (Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon chipset)
4GB Internal Storage, microSD up to 32GB
5MP rear-facing camera with autofocus and LED Flash
3G, SIM 1 only
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP
microUSB 2.0
3.5mm audio jack, with Beats Audio
1650 mAh Li-Ion battery
118.5 x 62.3 x 9.3 mm
Price: Php 16,990


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New Marc Mac (4hero)
Marc Mac (4hero) returns with another Mixtape Style album following on from 'Extend The Knowledge" & "It's Right To Be Civil". Beats are intertwined with soundbites from the 1960's Vietnam War protest era where African Americans were sent to fight in Vietnam during the Civil Rights period in the USA.
Mr. Glass Top 21+ of 2012
I like to wait to do my end of the year list until the end of the year. I don't want to exclude any great albums just because it came out in December, or I just couldn't get a hold of it until then. So here it is my favorite albums of the past year (I have also included a few extras free/ep/mixtape releases from the artists that put in work this past year)
Mr. Glass Top 21+ of 2012
Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them / Dag Savage – Salavation Mixtape
BLU & EXILE – "Maybe one day" (f/Black Spade) from Dirty Science on Vimeo.
DAG SAVAGE – CALI DREAMIN' (FT. FASHAWN, CO$$, & TIOMBE LOCKHART) from Dirty Science on Vimeo.
Brother Ali – Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color
The Internet – Purple Naked Ladies
THEESatisfaction – awE naturalE / THEESatisfaction – Love Anita Baker Ep
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
Gang Colours – The Keychain Collection
Oddisee – People Hear What They See / Oddisee – Odd Renditions Ep
Sene – Brooklyknight / Denitia & Sene – Blah Blah Blah Ep
Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio / Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio Recovered: The Remix Ep
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
Mala – In Cuba
Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred / Skyzoo – Theo vs. JJ:Dreams vs. Reality Mixtape
yU – The Earn
Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Meshell Ndegeocello – Pour Une Ame Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
Anthony Valadez – Just Visiting
Funkommunity – Chequered Thoughts
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Seeds
Rapsody – The Idea Of Beautiful
Def Sound – "△nything.thee.idea.machine."
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2014 Winter White Out - Princess Pageant & Frosty Carnival, Plaza, St. Clair, MI
Boy, did we see some beautiful Snow Princesses - everyone was a winner! There were (4) categories and it was extremely hard for the judges who asked the children to walk the runway, twirl and answer questions to decide a top Princess in each grouping. They "all" did a wonderful job, so how does one pick just four winners out of this lovely behaved and beautifully dressed group of girls? The event was successful and we saw a lot of smiles, adults included!!!!! Gifts were given to all of the true Princesses, as it would be, and a bright sparkling crown was presented to the top four. Be sure to come next year - you'll leave with a smile too. Also, note that a few pictures were taken outside in the Plaza where basketball, hockey and a few other fun games were there to enjoy during the Frosty Carnival. You may see them on Page 5. Enjoy (-;Read More


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